HMT LTD. vs MUDAPPA — C.A. No. 7059 - 7060/2000

Summary The Supreme Court allowed HMT Ltd.'s appeal, setting aside the High Court's order that had quashed a land acquisition notification. While the Court acknowledged that HMT illegally possessed 39 gunthas of land beyond its 1978 acquisition rights and that Mudappa obtained a valid decree for possession, it held that the State's statutory power to issue acquisition notifications cannot be negated by a prior court decree. The Court ruled the preliminary notification was not premature and owners retain the right to raise all objections during the acquisition process under Section 28 of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.